How will HEOR leaders respond to recent policy changes? A survey from Tufts and the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) provides the answer. About 2/3 of the n=57 respondents were Head of their HEOR department and the remaining 1/3 had some other senior level HEOR role. Three key topic…
Lantern’s $30 million raise was led by Morgan Health, a JPMorganChase business unit focused on employer-sponsored healthcare, as well as Echo Health Ventures, a strategic investment platform that invests on behalf of multiple Blues health plans. The post Lantern Secures $30M to Fuel Growth Across Employers and Health Plans appeared first on MedCity News.
The death wasn’t due to Beam Therapeutics’ sickle cell disease therapy, BEAM-101, but was instead attributed to the preconditioning treatment needed before the genetic medicine is infused. A different Beam program in preclinical development could avoid the need for toxic preconditioning; data from both programs will be presented during the upcoming American Society of Hematology…
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Two years after her brother’s death, Debra Pierce still wonders whether the 50-year-old would have survived his heart attack if her local hospital hadn’t closed. “The sad thing is we’ll never know if he could have been saved that night or not, because we don’t have a higher level of care in…
KFF’s Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds that just over half of adults use social media for health information and advice at least occasionally but fewer than half say they find “most” or “some” of the information they see on each platform trustworthy.
Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of communication called assisted spelling. One problem: Leading professional organizations don’t believe it works. “All nonspeakers above the age of 5 should be given the opportunity,” typed Bonker, who…
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CMS published its proposed 2027 outpatient payment rule, including a 2.4% base rate increase alongside steep cuts to 340B drug payments and an expansion of site-neutral payment to off-campus imaging services. Provider groups warn that these changes would push many hospitals’ payments into negative territory. The post What to Know About CMS’ New Proposed Outpatient…
The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a threat to future job growth. Employers added 487,000 jobs from January to August, according to the latest nonfarm payroll data from…
At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith’s 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math, and science. That is, when he isn’t being pulled out of class. Ethan has autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He was diagnosed with autism in kindergarten after displaying behavior that concerned his…